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SDSS-III

Building on the Legacy of the
Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
and SDSS-II, the SDSS-III Collaboration is working to map the
Milky Way, search for extrasolar planets, and solve the
mystery of dark energy.

Data releases are cumulative, so all previously-released images, spectra, and
measurements are still available in DR12. To enable direct comparison with prior
studies, we continue to host all prior data releases. The SDSS-III's prior releases,
Data Release 10, Data Release 9 and Data Release 8, are available
from this site. Older data releases are available from the original SDSS website,
classic.sdss.org.

SDSS-III Surveys

SDSS-III began to collect data in 2008, and will continue until 2014, using
the Sloan Foundation 2.5-meter Telescope
at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico. SDSS-III consists of four surveys,
each focused on a different scientific theme. Click on one of the images below for more
information about each survey.

The SDSS-III Collaboration

The SDSS-III Collaboration
includes many institutions from around the globe. Inquiries from
interested parties to join the collaboration are welcome. For a
detailed description of SDSS-III, see the
Project Description,
available as a PDF document.

Funding for SDSS-III has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation, the Participating Institutions, the National Science
Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.
The SDSS-III web site is http://www.sdss3.org/.

SDSS-III is managed by the Astrophysical Research Consortium for the
Participating Institutions of the SDSS-III Collaboration including the
University of Arizona,
the Brazilian Participation Group,
Brookhaven National Laboratory,
Carnegie Mellon University,
University of Florida,
the French Participation Group,
the German Participation Group,
Harvard University,
the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias,
the Michigan State/Notre Dame/JINA Participation Group,
Johns Hopkins University,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics,
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics,
New Mexico State University,
New York University,
Ohio State University,
Pennsylvania State University,
University of Portsmouth,
Princeton University,
the Spanish Participation Group,
University of Tokyo,
University of Utah,
Vanderbilt University,
University of Virginia,
University of Washington,
and Yale University.